So today my "volume up" just stopped working. I was listening to some music on Spotify and when i tried increasing the volume nothing happened. It started working again after a bit, but eventually it just stopped again and hasn't come back.
I assumed it was just an Android bug, since I had the same issue with my power button just yesterday, but after a while it started working again and I haven't had an issue since. So, I rebooted my phone today and it was essentially stuck in fastboot (I previously installed custom ROMs on the phone, but I've been using stock ICS for a few months now). The first time, the phone just stopped there; i couldn't move my selector using any of the buttons. It was frozen. I then took out the battery and rebooted again, this time fastboot seemed to be working, but what was strange was that my "VOLUME DOWN" was acting as a "VOLUME UP" and the "POWER" button was acting as a "VOLUME DOWN". The button that's supposed to be "VOLUME UP" did nothing, so I had no way of executing any of my selections.
After that, I took out the battery again, put back in, and plugged the phone in through USB into the computer. When I booted it, fastboot was stuck again and my phone wasn't showing up in the device manager on my computer. I then unplugged my phone, took out the battery, put it back in, and when I booted it this time, it actually booted into Android without going into fastboot.
At this point, I was just happy I got into my phone, but the volume button is still not working and I am afraid of rebooting the phone in the case that I get into the same fastboot dilemma.
TL;DR: Volume up button gave out. Thought it was an Android problem since I ran into the same issue with the power button earlier. After rebooting, the phone kept getting stuck in fastboot but eventually booted into Android for some reason but the volume up button still doesnt work.
Is there anything I should do? Is this a hardware issue? Should I send in my phone for warranty even though the bootloader is unlocked? Should I find a software solution?
Seems hardware issue to me. Imo try to relock the bootloader and send it to warranty
fruitpunch36 said:
So today my "volume up" just stopped working. I was listening to some music on Spotify and when i tried increasing the volume nothing happened. It started working again after a bit, but eventually it just stopped again and hasn't come back.
I assumed it was just an Android bug, since I had the same issue with my power button just yesterday, but after a while it started working again and I haven't had an issue since. So, I rebooted my phone today and it was essentially stuck in fastboot (I previously installed custom ROMs on the phone, but I've been using stock ICS for a few months now). The first time, the phone just stopped there; i couldn't move my selector using any of the buttons. It was frozen. I then took out the battery and rebooted again, this time fastboot seemed to be working, but what was strange was that my "VOLUME DOWN" was acting as a "VOLUME UP" and the "POWER" button was acting as a "VOLUME DOWN". The button that's supposed to be "VOLUME UP" did nothing, so I had no way of executing any of my selections.
After that, I took out the battery again, put back in, and plugged the phone in through USB into the computer. When I booted it, fastboot was stuck again and my phone wasn't showing up in the device manager on my computer. I then unplugged my phone, took out the battery, put it back in, and when I booted it this time, it actually booted into Android without going into fastboot.
At this point, I was just happy I got into my phone, but the volume button is still not working and I am afraid of rebooting the phone in the case that I get into the same fastboot dilemma.
TL;DR: Volume up button gave out. Thought it was an Android problem since I ran into the same issue with the power button earlier. After rebooting, the phone kept getting stuck in fastboot but eventually booted into Android for some reason but the volume up button still doesnt work.
Is there anything I should do? Is this a hardware issue? Should I send in my phone for warranty even though the bootloader is unlocked? Should I find a software solution?
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Hardware issue. The Nexus S has a known problem with the volume and power buttons failing after some time.
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So, I was trying to flash my NS back to stock from TWRP becuase my power button's broke and I'm sending it in.
Anyways, TWRP crashed during flashing (wow....recovery crashing NOT good), and I cant boot the phone except by plugging it in from being off. However, when I hold vol up and get to bootloader by doing that, the bootloader is completely unresponsive to vol presses, and my comp doesnt see the device.
This is NOT good. But I'm clueless as to how to fix something like a bootloader issue. Anyone?
I would try odin. Search around the Samsung webiste they should have an exe which flashes the phone back to factory default. I've seen one posted around here but it depends which version of the phone you have.
Odin requires very careful use. DO NOT CLEAR YOUR EFS!
It may be your only option though.
If you can jimmy your power button and get into the normal bootloader then follow these steps:
1) install Ubuntu
2) install Android sdk for gb or ics whichever you are using
3) install fastboot (download it from cyanogenmod wiki and copy it to Ubuntu's sbin folder)
4) in bootloader menu, connect USB, then in Ubuntu terminal type fastboot reboot recovery (may be reboot-recovery, can't remember)
You should be able to use your phones capacitive buttons to navigate the menu and install a stock ROM
Sent from above
Yeah. Totally forgot you can do that. Try what he said.
Problem is, fastboot doesn't work. The bootloader is completely unresponsive.
It's like it launches into a crash. I can see the options, but the vol buttons dont do anything. However, those buttons work, otherwise I wouldnt be able to even get THAT far.
I'm trying to get the power button to register a press (it randomly does, but Ive had hours of no luck).
Any other ideas? Why would the bootloader launch into a crash. I wonder if it's because the phone is being turned on via power cable instead of the pwr button, but that seems unlikely.
On a side note, I have my efs backup from when I was using 2.3.7, so I've got it handy if I can ODIN the thing, but I dont know crap about odin.
Read his response again. I don't think you understood what he said. You can initiate those commands through your PC instead of pushing the buttons.
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Read his response again. I don't think you understood what he said. You can initiate those commands through your PC instead of pushing the buttons.
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Sorry, I should have elaborated more.
I have tried on both my PC and Mac (via terminal app) to see the device under 'fastboot devices' command. No devices show up, so it's not even seeing the thing. Neither computer sees the device as being hooked up, as far as I can tell.
It'll boot into the unresponsive bootloader when I plug the cable in and hold vol up. At that point, nothing else happens. Doesnt show up on fastboot, etc.
sounds like your power button went. thats the #1 complaint i read about the power button going, the unresponsive volume buttons. my power button is gone to(will register a response every once in a while, on its own. my volume buttons dont register either when in the bootloader. but, i can get them to register. what i do is take the battery cover of, and gently flick the phone with my fingers right near the power button, but on the back of the phone. most the time, the power button will register that i pressed reboot bootloader, but, sometimes it allows me to select up or down with the volume keys. if it reboots bootloader, i just try again. ive got it down to an art since im in the bootloader often, it takes me about 20 seconds to get the volume keys going up or down. at first it would take me 3-5 minutes. i hope that helps.
simms22 said:
sounds like your power button went. thats the #1 complaint i read about the power button going, the unresponsive volume buttons. my power button is gone to(will register a response every once in a while, on its own. my volume buttons dont register either when in the bootloader. but, i can get them to register. what i do is take the battery cover of, and gently flick the phone with my fingers right near the power button, but on the back of the phone. most the time, the power button will register that i pressed reboot bootloader, but, sometimes it allows me to select up or down with the volume keys. if it reboots bootloader, i just try again. ive got it down to an art since im in the bootloader often, it takes me about 20 seconds to get the volume keys going up or down. at first it would take me 3-5 minutes. i hope that helps.
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LOL simms thanks. I had a feeling you might chime in here since I had msg'd you earlier about my pwr button going out.
The thing that sucks is that I was just restoring it to stock in TWRP and it just locked up for some reason. I knew as soon as it happened that I was in trouble. I'll keep messing with it and see if I can get it to register 'Reboot Bootloader'.
I was actually wondering about that earlier. I figured that if the vol keys didnt work, then the pwr button wouldnt either in this situation. I know mine randomly registers presses, but now it's being a *****.
We'll see......
try going into the bootloader and give it a few smack on the back, see if thatll register and "press" reboot bootloader(since its the first option). the first time i went into the boatloader after my power button went, i thought that i was **** out of luck too. but, it turned out fairly very manageable with some practice. i usually flick it very lightly to get the volume buttons to move up and down, to hard and reboot boorloader registers.
Hi everyone!
I think my bootloop problem may be a unique one because it only occurs whenever I press the power button (and I've kinda searched other threads and couldn't find a bootloop issue like mine). But before I explain in depth, here are my specs:
Stock 4.4.4 rom
Rooted, with xposed + gb
ElementalX 1.00 kernel
This problem is a randomly occurring one; when my phone is fine and I press the power button, it almost usually goes into a bootloop. It can either stay on the google screen or last all the way up to the x-boot one. Sometimes from the x-boot screen, it'll reboot again. So I realized that if I randomly press the power button a few times (usually trial and error), the problem goes away sometimes and I boot normally again. However, if I hit the power button again for any reason, the bootloop issue relapses.
Also another thing to note is sometimes when my phone is switched on and operating normally and I press the button, it doesn't always reboot immediately. Sometimes it behaves as if the power button is held down and the power menu pops up in the lockscreen... then subsequently it boot loops.
So I'm not sure if this is a hardware issue to do with the button itself (because I very rarely ever drop my phone. Perhaps about 3 times in the past 8-9 months since Dec 2013?) or it's a software issue...which will mean I've to reflash my stock rom.
Anyone with a similar issue please help! It's kinda driving me nuts cos I can't even unlock my phone without triggering a bootloop...:crying:
ultimaflux said:
Hi everyone!
I think my bootloop problem may be a unique one because it only occurs whenever I press the power button (and I've kinda searched other threads and couldn't find a bootloop issue like mine). But before I explain in depth, here are my specs:
Stock 4.4.4 rom
Rooted, with xposed + gb
ElementalX 1.00 kernel
This problem is a randomly occurring one; when my phone is fine and I press the power button, it almost usually goes into a bootloop. It can either stay on the google screen or last all the way up to the x-boot one. Sometimes from the x-boot screen, it'll reboot again. So I realized that if I randomly press the power button a few times (usually trial and error), the problem goes away sometimes and I boot normally again. However, if I hit the power button again for any reason, the bootloop issue relapses.
Also another thing to note is sometimes when my phone is switched on and operating normally and I press the button, it doesn't always reboot immediately. Sometimes it behaves as if the power button is held down and the power menu pops up in the lockscreen... then subsequently it boot loops.
So I'm not sure if this is a hardware issue to do with the button itself (because I very rarely ever drop my phone. Perhaps about 3 times in the past 8-9 months since Dec 2013?) or it's a software issue...which will mean I've to reflash my stock rom.
Anyone with a similar issue please help! It's kinda driving me nuts cos I can't even unlock my phone without triggering a bootloop...:crying:
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Might want to send it in for repair. Mine had the same symptoms about a month ago--spontaneously displaying the power menu, boot loops where I'd need to do a hardware reboot (or whatever it's called, vol up + power) and sometimes it won't wake the screen when I press the power button and act as if I turned it off. Tried to reflash recovery and change roms, same banana. Then suddenly it won't go out of bootloop, sometimes gets to the x-boot and sometimes only until the Google logo. Sent it for repair and lo and behold, hardware problem. I think this is really inherent on some older Nexus 5's with the wobbly power button.
I suggest you do a nandroid backup while you have the chance. Never had a chance myself
kisetsu17 said:
Might want to send it in for repair. Mine had the same symptoms about a month ago--spontaneously displaying the power menu, boot loops where I'd need to do a hardware reboot (or whatever it's called, vol up + power) and sometimes it won't wake the screen when I press the power button and act as if I turned it off. Tried to reflash recovery and change roms, same banana. Then suddenly it won't go out of bootloop, sometimes gets to the x-boot and sometimes only until the Google logo. Sent it for repair and lo and behold, hardware problem. I think this is really inherent on some older Nexus 5's with the wobbly power button.
I suggest you do a nandroid backup while you have the chance. Never had a chance myself
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sigh, i reflashed stock rom and the problem persisted. i can't even stay on the bootloader screen without it rebooting itself all over again. i guess it's an old nexus 5 hardware problem like you said :/ thanks for sharing!
ultimaflux said:
sigh, i reflashed stock rom and the problem persisted. i can't even stay on the bootloader screen without it rebooting itself all over again. i guess it's an old nexus 5 hardware problem like you said :/ thanks for sharing!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...lease-stop-talking-hardware-versions-t2597276
Sounds like the power button is getting stuck, or shorting out.
I rebooted my phone just now and instead of booting back up it only boots to recovery. I did a fresh rom install but it won't boot.
I had noticed that the volume down button had been acting up recently. So, I think the volume down is pressed down constantly forcing the phone to recovery. I think this may have been caused by the really humid environment I'm currently in, however, before rebooting the phone was working relatively fine apart from the unresponsive volume down.
Is there anyway I can force the phone to boot to the rom in this situation?
please check this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBv_95ZCDvc
and see if it helps.
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I rebooted my phone just now and instead of booting back up it only boots to recovery. I did a fresh rom install but it won't boot.
I had noticed that the volume down button had been acting up recently. So, I think the volume down is pressed down constantly forcing the phone to recovery. I think this may have been caused by the really humid environment I'm currently in, however, before rebooting the phone was working relatively fine apart from the unresponsive volume down.
Is there anyway I can force the phone to boot to the rom in this situation?
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That's a good idea--disabling the vol down button, and there may be a way.
I'm thinking you could pop the cover and clean out around the button--maybe unjam it if it's jammed. Maybe it could be lubed with a very light lubricant? Never heard of anyone lubing their phone buttons, I don't see why not.
Good day guys.
I suppose most of hammerhead owners are familiar with the issue of the power button.
Well I'm beyond that. I accidentally dropped my phone from a 2 meter high spot, fortunately my case is strong, but since then I experienced a very weird issue, I didn't find anything similar online.
So my issue is that the phone reboots, but how's that different from the common issue?
Well when charging or plugged in it doesn't reboot. When a task such as music playing while not plugged (even silently, which is my solution for now), the phone doesn't reboot. But if there's no task running, if you press the power button putting phone to sleep, if the sleep lasts 2 seconds or more the phone immediately reboots.
There's no bootloop or anything.
I know the issue needs my to open the phone and fix the button, but I wonder why only while unplugged only.
Thanks for your time
I had this same problem. I immediately enable usb debugging, then ripped out the power button. before i ripped it out, it got stuck and was rebooting like yours was. now, if I want to turn it on, all i do it connect it to my pc while holding the volume down button (this accesses the bootloader), open cmd on PC, fastboot reboot, and its on. Sadly, this was the only way for me to continue using the phone. Such a good phone.
momostarz said:
I had this same problem. I immediately enable usb debugging, then ripped out the power button. before i ripped it out, it got stuck and was rebooting like yours was. now, if I want to turn it on, all i do it connect it to my pc while holding the volume down button (this accesses the bootloader), open cmd on PC, fastboot reboot, and its on. Sadly, this was the only way for me to continue using the phone. Such a good phone.
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That's sad to hear, sorry about that.
Well my power button is functioning normally, I use it without any issues, I don't understand this problem.
HernandezGFX said:
That's sad to hear, sorry about that.
Well my power button is functioning normally, I use it without any issues, I don't understand this problem.
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You said you dropped your phone and started experiencing weird things. It's hardware. Your power button might be messed up. Replace the power button (needs to be done professionally.)
Ok so I recently went on vacation and my phone was submerged in water. That's happened before but this time, the next day my phone started acting as if as I was holding the power button down and bringing up the advanced reboot options. Hitting the power button would turn the screen of and function normally but this persisted for about a day. Now my power button doesn't respond at all. I double tap the screen to turn it on so I can still use the phone. I'm afraid of going into bootloader or recovery and somehow getting stuck. I do have and use adb I just haven't proceeded. Any ideas? I believe it's hardware more than a software issue but maybe a wipe or reset would fix it?